to serve well

Examples

• All

• The man had served well and faithfully for years.

  The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)

• Our Canon Photura has served well for these occasions.

  Academic text (1995)

• So now it's important to really serve well a smaller number of real readers who care about the news.

• Consumers have similar concerns; they want the blind population of the future to be served and served well.

  Academic text (2008)

• An audio recording of each piece serves well for reference before and after sight reading the piece.

  Blog text (4)

• Reading aloud from text has served well as a basis for student progress measurement in both research and practice.

  Academic text (2001)

• Android offers a thorough, robust operating system that serves well the needs of its community.

  Blog text (12)

• For upper-grade-level students, it can also serve well for a discussion of the introduction of different instruments.

  Academic text (2015)

• High-end pro editing is a niche market that can be served well by a small niche company.

  Blog text (24)

• This software is designed to serve well in a variety of industries, helping businesses operate efficiently.

Synonyms

H

to help

vsto serve well

∞ 1.0

To make a task or situation easier for someone

covers wider usefulness and advantage, not only direct assistance

S

to serve

vsto serve well

∞ 1.8

To be used for a specific purpose or to help achieve something

is about being broadly useful and helping effectively

B

to benefit

vsto serve well

676 2.3

To help someone or be helped by something

focuses on being useful and helping effectively rather than only giving advantage

A

to assist

vsto serve well

605 1.0

To help someone by making a task easier

is more about being useful overall rather than only helping tasks

H

to help out

vsto serve well

• Informal

486 1.0

To do something for someone who cannot do it alone

applies more broadly to being generally useful or beneficial

C

to come in handy

vsto serve well

79 2.8

To be useful in a certain situation

is more about effective help and broader advantage than convenience

S

to stand someone in good stead

vsto serve well

1 6.0

To help someone later in life or work

is broader usefulness now or later, not only future advantage

S

to serve the turn

vsto serve well

• UK

1 7.9

To be good enough for a purpose for a short time

shows stronger, effective help and benefit beyond temporary adequacy

S

to serve in good stead

vsto serve well

7.0

To be useful to someone in the future

is general present usefulness rather than specifically future advantage

Antonyms

H

to harm

738 1.0

To cause a bad effect on people or things

H

to hinder

75 3.6

To make it difficult for people or things to do something

How Helpful

to serve well

3 3.5

to benefit

676 2.3

assist

33 1.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology